the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Titus 3:14
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Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good and helping anyone who has a need. Then they will not have empty lives.
And let oures olso learne to excell in good workes as farforth as nede requyreth that they be not vnfrutefull.
Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unproductive.
Our people must learn to use their lives for doing good deeds to provide what is necessary so that their lives will not be useless.
And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they not be unfruitful.
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be unfruitful.
Let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
And let ours also learn to excell in good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
And let our people too learn to set a good example in following honest occupations for the supply of their necessities, so that they may not live useless lives.
Thei that ben of ouris, lerne to be gouernouris in good werkis, to necessarie vsis, that thei be not with out fruyt.
And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet the pressing needs of others, so that they will not be unfruitful.
Our people should learn to spend their time doing something useful and worthwhile.
Our people must learn to do good deeds to meet necessary demands [whatever the occasion may require], so that they will not be unproductive.
And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
And let our people go on with good works for necessary purposes, so that they may not be without fruit.
And have our people learn to apply themselves to doing good deeds that meet genuine needs, so that they will not be unproductive.
and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.
Our own people should also learn to devote themselves to good works when urgent needs arise, lest they be unproductive.Romans 15:28; Philippians 1:11; 4:17; Colossians 1:10; Titus 3:8; 2 Peter 1:8;">[xr]
And let those also who are of us, learn to perform good works in things which are necessary, that they may not be without fruits.
And let our people learn also to perform good works, on occasions of emergency, that they may not be unfruitful.
And let ours also learne to maintaine good workes for necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.
Our people must learn to do good by meeting the urgent needs of others; then they will not be unproductive.
Our people must learn to work hard. They must work for what they need and be able to give to others who need help. Then their lives will not be wasted.
And let people learn to devote themselves to good works in order to meet urgent needs, so that they may not be unproductive.
And let ours also learne to shewe foorth good woorkes for necessary vses, that they be not vnfruitfull.
And let our people be taught to do good works in times of emergency, that they be not unfruitful.
Moreover, let our own learn to be forward, in honourable works, for the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
And let our men also learn to excel in good works for necessary uses: that they be not unfruitful.
And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses, that they be not vnfruitefull.
Our people must learn to spend their time doing good, in order to provide for real needs; they should not live useless lives.
Let our people learn to devote themselves to good works for pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
But also our people must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they may not be without fruit.
and let them learn -- ours also -- to be leading in good works to the necessary uses, that they may not be unfruitful.
And let oures also learne to excell in good workes, as farre forth as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull.
Let our brethren too learn some honest profession to supply their occasions, that they may not be destitute of an income.
Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives.
Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
And let our people also learn to maintain good works, to meet urgent needs, that they may not be unfruitful.
Our cowboys must learn to fill the gap. There's always something to do to help someone else. We want them to make a hand, not sit on them.
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
And our people must also learn to lead in good works to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
learn: Titus 3:8
maintain good works: or, profess honest trades, Acts 18:3, Acts 20:35,*Gr: Ephesians 4:28, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8
that: Isaiah 61:3, Matthew 7:19, Matthew 21:19, Luke 13:6-9, John 15:8, John 15:16, Romans 15:28, Philippians 1:11, Philippians 4:17, Colossians 1:10, Hebrews 6:6-12, 2 Peter 1:8
Reciprocal: Psalms 37:27 - do good Matthew 5:16 - that Matthew 25:30 - cast Matthew 26:10 - a good Mark 14:6 - a good 2 Corinthians 9:8 - may Ephesians 2:10 - good Philippians 4:8 - honest 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - to work 1 Timothy 5:10 - good 2 Timothy 2:21 - prepared Titus 3:1 - to be ready Philemon 1:6 - the communication 1 Peter 1:15 - so
Cross-References
Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
May his foes bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust!
Then deep from the earth you shall speak, from low in the dust your words shall come; your voice shall come from the ground like the voice of a ghost, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD."
they shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds, they shall turn in dread to the LORD our God, and they shall fear because of thee.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And let ours also learn to maintain good works,.... By which are not only meant honest trades, as some choose to render the words: it is true, that a trade is a work; and an honest lawful employment of life is a good work; and which ought to be maintained, attended to, and followed, and to be learnt, in order to be followed. The Jews say, that he that does not teach his son a trade, it is all one as if he taught him to rob or steal; hence their doctors were brought up to trades; :-; as was the Apostle Paul, though he had an education under Gamaliel: and such an one is to be learned and maintained for necessary uses, for the good of a man's self, and for the supply of his family; for the assistance of others that are in need; for the support of the Gospel, and the interest of Christ; and for the relief of poor saints; that such may not be unfruitful and useless, in commonwealths, neighbourhoods, churches, and families. The Jews say c
"there are four things which a man should constantly attend to with all his might, and they are these; the law, "good works", prayer, ודרך ארץ, and "the way of the earth", or "business"; if a tradesman, to his trade; if a merchant, to his merchandise; if a man of war to war.''
But though this may be part of the sense of these words, it is not the whole of it; nor are acts of beneficence to the poor of Christ, to the household of faith, to strangers and ministers, to whom good is especially to be done, only intended; though they, may be taken into the account, in agreement with the context; but all good works in general, which are done in conformity to the revealed will of God, in faith, from a principle of love, and with a view to the glory of God, are meant: to maintain them, is to endeavour to outdo others in them, not only the men of the world, but one another; and to set examples of them to others, and to provoke one another, by an holy emulation, to them; and to be constant in the performance of them: and which believers may "learn" partly from the Scriptures, which contain what is the good and perfect will of God; these show what are good works, and direct unto them, and furnish the man of God for them; and also the grace part of the Scripture, the doctrines of the grace of God, teach to deny sin, and to live sober, righteous, and godly lives; and from the examples of the apostles and followers of Christ; and above all from Christ himself, the great pattern and exemplar of good works: and this lesson of good works is to be learnt by ours; meaning not only those of the same function, who were in the same office, ministers of the Gospel, as were the apostle and Titus; but all that believed in God, who were of the same Christian community and society, professors of the same religion, and partakers of the same grace; and were not only nominally, but really of the same number, even of the number of God's elect, the redeemed from among men, the family of Christ, sharers in the common faith, and heirs of the grace of life; who lie under the greatest obligations to learn to do good works: "for necessary uses"; not to make their peace with God, or to atone for their sins, or to procure the pardon of them, or to cleanse them from them, or for their justification before God, or to obtain salvation and eternal life; but to glorify God, testify their subjection to him, and gratitude for mercies received; to show forth their faith to men; to adorn the doctrine of Christ, and a profession of it; to recommend religion to others; to stop the mouths of gainsayers, and put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: and "that they be not unfruitful"; in them, and in the knowledge of Christ; good works are the fruits of the Spirit, and of his grace; they are fruits of righteousness; and such as are without them are like trees without fruit, useless and unprofitable.
c T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 32. 2. & Gloss. in. ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And let ours - Our friends; that is, those who were Christians Paul had just directed Titus to aid Zenas and Apollos himself, and he here adds that he wished that others who were Christians would be char acterized by good works of all kinds.
To maintain good works - Margin, profess honest trades. The Greek will admit of the interpretation in the margin, or will include that, but there is no reason why the direction should be supposed to have any special reference to an honest mode of livelihood, or why it should be confined to that. It rather means, that they should be distinguished for good works, including benevolent deeds, acts of charity, honest toil, and whatever would enter into the conception of an upright life; see the notes at Titus 3:8.
For necessary uses - Such as are required by their duty to their families, and by the demands of charity; see Titus 3:8.
That they be not unfruitful - - That it may be seen that their religion is not barren and worthless, but that it produces a happy effect on themselves and on society; compare the John 15:16 note; Ephesians 4:28 note.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. And let others also learn to maintain good works — There is something very remarkable in this expression. The words καλων εργων προιστασθαι, which we translate to maintain good works, occur also in Titus 3:8; and some think they mean, to provide for our own, and the necessities of others, by working at some honest occupation; and that this was necessary to be taught to the Cretans, let OURS also learn, c., who were naturally and practically idle gluttons. Kypke observed that the words mean,
1. To be employed in good works.
2. To defend good works, and to recommend the performance of them.
3. To promote and forward good works to be always first in them.
For necessary uses — That they may be able at all times to help the Church of God, and those that are in want.
That they be not unfruitful. — As they must be if they indulge themselves in their idle, slothful disposition.
